WTI Price Analysis: Buyers keep the reins above $45.80
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- WTI struggles to keep $46.00 amid a choppy session.
- An eight-day-old previous resistance line, ascending support line from Wednesday restricts immediate downside.
- March high lures the bulls ahead of early-February lows.
WTI eases to $46.17 during early Monday. The energy benchmark crosses the short-term resistance line on Friday but failed to rise beyond $46.75.
Even so, a confluence of the stated resistance, now support, coupled three-day-long rising trend line, around $45.80, limits the quote’s immediate downside.
Also favoring the odds of the black gold’s further upside is the upbeat RSI condition as well as sustained trading beyond 100-HMA.
As a result, WTI bulls targeting March 202 peak surrounding $48.75 are looking for a clear break above the latest high of $46.75.
Alternatively, a downside break below $45.80 can take rest on the monthly support line near $44.40 while the 100-HMA level of $43.70 can please the oil bears afterward.
WTI hourly chart
Trend: Bullish
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